Mahabharata 12.69.39
दुर्गाणां चाभितो राजा मूलच्छेदं प्रकारयेत्सर्वेषां क्षुद्रवृक्षाणां चैत्यवृक्षान्विवर्जयेत्
durgāṇāṃ cābhito rājā mūlacchedaṃ prakārayetsarveṣāṃ kṣudravṛkṣāṇāṃ caityavṛkṣānvivarjayet
Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.
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